After a heavy dinner of Shengsi Crabmeat Soup, Lemon Coriander Soup, Eight Treasure Seafood Soup, Pepper Prawns, Crispy Corn Chilli, Schezwaan Noodles, BBQ Betki Fish and some delicious Chicken Lollipop, Siddha and I decided to catch a movie... and at 1130, there really weren't too many options. So we ended up watching "The President is Coming". I had warned Siddha it wasn't that great - that's what I had been told. On the other hand, I had a feeling it would be fun.
Feelings sometimes work better than feedback! :)
We loved the movie, and so did the other fifty or so patrons in the theatre.
President Bush is coming to India, and a PR agency is contracted by the US Embassy to find that one representative of the 30 million young Indians to shake the coveted hand of the President. And how do you do that? Through the mother of all reality shows - a no holds barred cut throat competition that puts them through the grinds, to find the one with the best understanding of America and a passion to be American.
The beauty of the movie is in its characters. From the gay South Indian mathematician geek, to the young dashing Gujrathi stock broker, the Bengali novelist, the wannabe Paris Hilton, the voice and accent trainer and the anti-social "MNS" social worker, the characters are just perfect! The conversations are hilarious, in a very Calvin sort of way - the best humour is probably what we see in the way we behave in everyday life.
The movie's probably exiting theatres soon, and you might be lucky to catch a late night show... try it, don't expect any insights and inspirations, and you might actually love it!
2 comments:
Hilarious satire. Original and very entertaining. We should have more of these
I think I'm gonna have to get a DVD :(
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